June school holidays always kill momentum. Buyers travel. Agents travel. Developers, knowing this, deliberately hold back launches. So the market was fundamentally running on leftover inventory. Like asking someone to survive on yesterday’s economy rice. It works, but it’s not a real meal.
The sales that *did* happen tell a cleaner story. The Rest of Central Region carried the month — 53.8% of all sales. Projects like Hudson Place Residences, Chuan Park, Union Square Residences, and The Continuum held the line. Eleven to twelve units each. Steady, not spectacular. And 38% of buyers bought below S$2.5 million, which tells you exactly what the market wants right now — value, not vanity.
What’s conspicuously absent? Not a single non-landed home sold above S$10 million. The ultra-luxury crowd sat this one out entirely. That’s a reflection of the launch gap, not a demand collapse. Developers sold just 156 total units in June, the lowest monthly figure recorded, with Executive Condominium units excluded from that count.
Zoom out and the bigger picture actually holds. H1 2026 hit 4,164 units — only 9.2% below H1 2025. Q2 slightly edged out Q1. Underlying demand? Still there.
July is where things get real. Lentor Gardens Residences (499 units) and Dunearn House (380 units) are coming. More affordable options. More variety. Lentor Gardens is the seventh launch in the Lentor Hills estate, where the previous six projects collectively achieved a remarkable 99.2% take-up rate across 2,954 units. Lentor Central Residences, the most recent launch in the estate, set the bar high by achieving a 93% take-up rate across 477 units at an average price of $2,200 per square foot. Expect the numbers to bounce back hard.
